The story has a number of variants, different people talking to a taxi driver, lift operator etc. The basic point is still valid though.

关于擦鞋男孩的这个故事有若干种不同版本，不同的人是在与出租车司机、电梯操作员等进行交谈时发现股市处于泡沫的，然而，其基本思路都是站得住脚的。

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The operator during operation board taxi to the board face, will lead to scrape board face.

操作员在操作时板子滑到板面，会导致板面刮伤。

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Mr Calist, a 20-year motor cycle taxi operator, appeared in a magistrate's court on Monday on three counts of murder and 18 of attempted murder.

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The passengers attempted to make their trip via boat, but a water taxi operator refused to take them to the reservation because they had alcohol in their baggage.

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My guess is, however, that their demagoguery is working in the sense that the average taxi-cab or beauty-parlor operator probably thinks that raising the top tax rates affect only millionaires and billionaires.

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